Two weeks after winning the Ward 2 primary election, political newcomer Brooke Pinto has declared victory again—this time in the special election to fill the Ward 2 seat.

Pinto will serve the rest of former councilmember Jack Evans’ term. He resigned earlier this year under threat of expulsion after multiple investigations found that he had committed repeated ethics violations.

Six candidates’ names were on the ballot in the special election, though Pinto’s second two strongest competitors in the primary (Jordan Grossman and Patrick Kennedy) announced they would not campaign after losing the primary.

Pinto won handily, with 40 percent of the vote. Kennedy took 21.7 percent of the vote, while Grossman took 15.7 percent. The only Republican in the field, Katherine Venice, officially withdrew from the race, but won 4.59 percent of the vote.

Venice is also running against Pinto in the general election in November, as is independent challenger Martín Miguel Fernandez, who threw his hat in the ring on Wednesday.

“I am proud to have won the Special Election to fill the vacant Ward 2 Council seat for the rest of this term,” Pinto said in a written statement after her win. “Thank you to the voters and residents of Ward 2 for putting your trust in me to lead and care for our community during this important moment in our history. I am honored to be Ward 2’s first woman to hold this seat and the youngest member of the DC Council in history.”

Pinto was the last Democrat to join the race, announcing her candidacy in February. She was only candidate who didn’t use the city’s new public financing program, which allowed her to pour nearly $50,000 of her own money into the race. The 28-year-old former lawyer in the office of D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine told DCist at the time that she plans to focus her tenure on issues affecting small businesses, affordable housing, and crime. Racine endorsed her run, as did the Washington Post editorial board.

This story has been updated to note that Venice formally withdrew from the special election.